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Puducherry: Archana Sasi, with a score of 176 marks, topped the unreserved category in the MBBS entrance examination results of JIPMER which were announced in Puducherry on Thursday evening. Regi Selvanayagam (172 marks) and Anubha Dev (171 marks) finished second and third respectively in the examination conducted on May 27. Ashuvanth S (155 marks), Gowri Shankar B (154), Surya R (151) finished first, second, third respectively in the Puducherry unreserved...
10:40 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Bangalore: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices on Thursday disrupted normal life in parts of BJP-ruled Karnataka where bandh supporters set on fire three buses and stoned about a dozen others forcing authorities to withdraw bus services in the city. According to initial reports, the bandh evoked good response in several districts. Public transport was hit and shops and business...
09:54 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Power metal band Iced Earth has announced that it is cancelling the band's performance at the Bangalore Open Air Festival due to visa related issues. The band was scheduled to perform in Bangalore on June 16, 2012. However, the band will continue its tour to generate enthusiasm about its new release 'Dystopia'. The bad has released a statement that reads: "Dear fans, friends and fellow metalheads in India....
07:11 PM, May 30, 2012
Bangalore: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khjan and three others arrested in connection with an illegal mining case involving Associated Mining Corporation. Judge B M Angadi dismissed the petitions on the ground that the accused had committed an economic offence of "high magnitude affecting the very economy...
04:48 PM, May 30, 2012
Bangalore: A team of gynaecologists in Bangalore have taken it upon themselves to upgrade a corporation-run maternity home. Dr Latha Venkataraman and her team of 15 specialists are improving the rate of institutional deliveries in their area. "I believe this hospital was functioning very well. I think it was started in 1962 and most of the people from this area used to come here. Unfortunately, as years went by the...
08:37 AM, May 30, 2012
Bangalore: A 23 year-old woman was brutally hacked to death by some unidentified bike-borne assailants in full public view in the city, police said. Divya, employed with a private firm, was heading to her home late on Monday evening when the assailants waylaid her and slashed her repeatedly on the neck and face with a machete before speeding away on their bike, they said. The victim, who was bleeding, was...
08:18 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Seven officials, including two loco drivers, have been suspended by the Railways in connection with last Tuesday's rail mishap in Andhra Pradesh that claimed 25 lives. The May 22 accident of Hubli-Bangalore Hampi Express at Penukonda station in Anantapur district of South Western Railway also injured 55 people. The suspended officials included station master of Penukonda Station of Bangalore division M Sri Ramulu, traffic inspector of Hindupur Station...
06:11 PM, May 27, 2012
Bangalore: Another vigilance officer was attacked in Bangalore on Friday by unidentified assailants. The attack came just days after an auditor, SP Mahantesh, was murdered in the city. Chief Engineer Vigilance (Technical) N Devaraju was attacked after he allegedly did not give the suspects a favourable report in a case. Devaraju is employed with the Bangalore Mahanagar Palika. He has now written a complaint to the corporation commissioner. In his...
06:53 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed an FIR against Australian cricketer and RCB player Luke Pomersbach after he and complainant Zohal Hamid reached an out-of-court settlement in a molestation case. Justice ML Mehta quashed the FIR and the criminal proceedings arising out of it after recording statements of Hamid, her friend Sahil Peerzada and accused Pomersbach. "Since they have resolved the dispute and want to go back...
02:02 PM, May 25, 2012
BANGALORE: An engineering student was killed and his three friends sustained minor injuries after their car rammed into a tree on Sarjapur Road in the wee hours of Thursday.The deceased has been identified as Vighnesh S P, a native of Chennai, and his friends Avinash, Arul Modi and B Vighnesh, are being treated at a hospital in the city. Avinash, was a student of New Horizon College of Engineering, while...
08:50 AM, May 25, 2012
BANGALORE:Much has been said and written about Richard Loitam, the 19 year-old Manipuri student who died in mysterious circumstances last month. However, the incident would have gone unnoticed if it was not for a concerted campaign demanding justice in view of his death that went viral and made waves throughout the country.The Justice for Loitam Richard campaign started off as a small group on Facebook, when Monika Khangembam, a student...
08:39 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: American woman Zohal Hamid on Wednesday night decided to withdraw molestation case against Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach after both the parties reached an out of court settlement. Zohal's lawyers will soon move the Delhi High Court seeking withdrawal of the case registered against Pomersbach who was arrested last Friday and later granted bail. Pomersbach, is playing for Royal Challengers Banglore in the ongoing Indian Premier League. She will...
12:54 AM, May 24, 2012
Bangalore: The results of the Karnataka PUC (Pre-University Course) Class 12 examination 2012 were declared at 1 pm on Wednesday by the Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka. About 6 lakh students had appeared for the examinations this year. Students can access the results online at http://karresults.nic.in/indexPUC2012.htm. BSNL landline/CDMA/Mobile subscribers can get the results by dialing 1255225 or SMS puc to 53346. ...
01:50 PM, May 23, 2012
BANGALORE: Its seldom that elections to the Press Club of Bangalore (PCB) - the abode of journalists - has hit headlines. Newspapers generally devote one paragraph, listing the names of office-bearers and committee members, the day after the results are declared. Anything beyond this, should be seen as an extra-effort by an insider. Well, this piece, however, is written ahead of the polls and hence, no eye-brows, should go up...
08:30 AM, May 23, 2012
Bangalore: A 25-year-old software engineer was found dead in his car at Mahadevapura area with his head covered in a plastic bag and his body wrapped in cellophane tape, police said. The man, Srirag, hailing from Kozhikode in Kerala, was working for Hewlett Packard in the city, police said. They said the post-mortem had been conducted and the body has been kept at the government-run Bowring hospital for his parents...
09:11 PM, May 22, 2012
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